I wish Harley would have done just one thing to the NEW 2020 Lowrider S
#11
09-21-2019 | 10:52 AM
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Sorry... But I don't see it.
1) Maybe another make/model would work better for you if that's what you want.
2) That instrument cluster on the tank is part of what makes it a Harley. Specifically with this cluster, it's part of what makes it a Low Rider. If you don't like a Low Rider being a Low Rider... See #1.
3) I don't see the gauges on the tank as being any kind of problem. Maybe if one is so obsessed with their current speed that they can't take their eyes off their gauge for a moment, then... Anyway... I've never had any problem with the gauges on the tank. They serve their purpose just fine there.
1) Maybe another make/model would work better for you if that's what you want.
2) That instrument cluster on the tank is part of what makes it a Harley. Specifically with this cluster, it's part of what makes it a Low Rider. If you don't like a Low Rider being a Low Rider... See #1.
3) I don't see the gauges on the tank as being any kind of problem. Maybe if one is so obsessed with their current speed that they can't take their eyes off their gauge for a moment, then... Anyway... I've never had any problem with the gauges on the tank. They serve their purpose just fine there.
Customize your Harley and make it for You...as long as everyone else likes the way it "looks"
If its made by Harley, then its a Harley...regardless of how its customized.
Everyone is used to what they are used to. If you are used to having your instrumentation in line-of-sight, then you'll want your instrumentation in line-of-sight. It has nothing to do with obsession of speed or gawking at the instruments.
Get a completely different bike just because you don't like a couple things??? Isn't that kind of the opposite of customization? If someone "blacks-out" thier Low Rider, do we lament on how they should have bought a different bike with less chrome? You see this elsewhere. Add a batwing fairing to a Softail and you'll have a line of guys waiting to ask you why you didn't just get a Street Glide. Really??? A completely different chassis when all you wanted to do is customize wind management? I think a lot of people don't really understand what customization is. Go hang out with some Adventure Bike riders sometime. Anything and everything is permissible.
I have been thinking about relocating my instuments also...but it is because all my previous bikes have had them where I can see them, so its what I'm used to. My full-face halment obstructs a glance-down view of the speedometer in its current location. Also, I'd like to have a tach again...not because I need one, but because I'm used to having one.
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#12
09-21-2019 | 08:08 PM
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I never understand this kind of mentality, and I see it on this forum more than anywhere else.
Customize your Harley and make it for You...as long as everyone else likes the way it "looks"
If its made by Harley, then its a Harley...regardless of how its customized.
Everyone is used to what they are used to. If you are used to having your instrumentation in line-of-sight, then you'll want your instrumentation in line-of-sight. It has nothing to do with obsession of speed or gawking at the instruments.
Get a completely different bike just because you don't like a couple things??? Isn't that kind of the opposite of customization? If someone "blacks-out" thier Low Rider, do we lament on how they should have bought a different bike with less chrome? You see this elsewhere. Add a batwing fairing to a Softail and you'll have a line of guys waiting to ask you why you didn't just get a Street Glide. Really??? A completely different chassis when all you wanted to do is customize wind management? I think a lot of people don't really understand what customization is. Go hang out with some Adventure Bike riders sometime. Anything and everything is permissible.
I have been thinking about relocating my instuments also...but it is because all my previous bikes have had them where I can see them, so its what I'm used to. My full-face halment obstructs a glance-down view of the speedometer in its current location. Also, I'd like to have a tach again...not because I need one, but because I'm used to having one.
Customize your Harley and make it for You...as long as everyone else likes the way it "looks"
If its made by Harley, then its a Harley...regardless of how its customized.
Everyone is used to what they are used to. If you are used to having your instrumentation in line-of-sight, then you'll want your instrumentation in line-of-sight. It has nothing to do with obsession of speed or gawking at the instruments.
Get a completely different bike just because you don't like a couple things??? Isn't that kind of the opposite of customization? If someone "blacks-out" thier Low Rider, do we lament on how they should have bought a different bike with less chrome? You see this elsewhere. Add a batwing fairing to a Softail and you'll have a line of guys waiting to ask you why you didn't just get a Street Glide. Really??? A completely different chassis when all you wanted to do is customize wind management? I think a lot of people don't really understand what customization is. Go hang out with some Adventure Bike riders sometime. Anything and everything is permissible.
I have been thinking about relocating my instuments also...but it is because all my previous bikes have had them where I can see them, so its what I'm used to. My full-face halment obstructs a glance-down view of the speedometer in its current location. Also, I'd like to have a tach again...not because I need one, but because I'm used to having one.
The notion that HD is going to bring to market a Low Rider or Low Rider S with anything other than that dual instrument cluster on the tank is... well... Imagine the screeching if they did... I'd say justifiably so.
Now if the OP wants to buy the Low Rider and customize it to his hearts content... more power to him. If he wants/expects a bike to come to him exactly as he desires from the showroom floor... Well that's another matter.
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#18
09-24-2019 | 09:05 AM
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#19
09-24-2019 | 09:31 AM
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Cruise standard. I mean come on. It’s a switch. That one is a little more of a peeve than anything cause it would’ve cost them jack to throw it in. That being said loads and loads of miles without cruise sooooo......
Other than that some fork adjustments. Preload at a bare minimum. Having a bike that has such a great sporty feel to it and only being able to tweak the rear preload unless you throw g-notes at the aftermarket, just like the cruise control, just feels like the bean counters got the final say in that.
Other than that some fork adjustments. Preload at a bare minimum. Having a bike that has such a great sporty feel to it and only being able to tweak the rear preload unless you throw g-notes at the aftermarket, just like the cruise control, just feels like the bean counters got the final say in that.
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09-24-2019 | 01:16 PM
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